Language, legality and liability
Bryant Walker Smith and Tom Gasser address the legal complexities that could threaten to bedevil the automated vehicle program. Read the full article in Thinki…
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Governor Brown Paves the Road for Hands-Free Driving in California
Yesterday, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that would create safety standards for driverless cars - or “intelligent transportation” - in California. Th…
CA Governor Brown Signs SB1298 (Autonomous Vehicles)
California Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr. visits the Google Headquarters on September 24th, 2012 to sign SB1298, a bill that creates a legal fra…
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Driverless Cars OK'd for California Roads
"The hard work is left to be done by the DMV," said Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at Stanford's Center for Automotive Research. Still, he points…
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With a Push From Google, California Legalizes Driverless Cars
California drivers could soon see cars on the road driving themselves, courtesy of Google and the state government. On Tuesday at Google’s headquarters, the go…
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California Legalizes Self-Driving Cars
"The hard work is left to be done by the DMV," said Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at Stanford's Center for Automotive Research. * Date Published…
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Ask the experts: Drones
Is there any indication of cost effectiveness and / or life preservation by the use of drone strikes? Ryan Calo: It turns out that the bigger military drones u…
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Drone-Tracking App Gets No Traction From Apple
CIS Affiliate Scholar Ryan Calo is quoted in this All Things Considered piece on Apple's decision to block a drone-tracking app due to objectionable content…
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Who should pay when your robot breaks the law?
Robots are unquestioningly getting more sophisticated by the year, and as a result, are becoming an indelible part of our daily lives. But as we start to increa…
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Does The Fourth Amendment Have A Posse (Comitatus)?
Earlier this month, U.S. News & World Report ran the following headline: "Court Upholds Domestic Drone Use In Arrest Of American Citizen." The ar…
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Help Drones Invade SXSW
If you read this blog, chances are you're aware of SXSW, a unique festival exploring music, film, and emerging technology. Recent years have seen one or tw…
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Google: Selbstlenkende Autos legen 300.000 Meilen unfallfrei zurück
Analyst Bryant Walker Smith of Stanford Law School opines that Google vehicles have to cover 750,000 miles in order to gain the necessary trust with governmenta…